Savannah River Site
Basis for Section 3116 Determination for Salt Waste Disposal

The Department of Energy (DOE) published in the Federal Register (January 24, 2006), a Notice of Availability of Section 3116 Determination for Salt Waste Disposal at the Savannah River Site.

The NDAA Section 3116 basis of determination for the disposal of separated, solidified, low-activity salt waste at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina was signed by the Secretary of Energy on January 17, 2006. The determination was prepared pursuant to Section 3116 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. The Final NDAA Section 3116 Waste Determination report and attachments including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Request for Additional Information (RAI) with the DOE responses to those RAIs, NRC Action Items information request with the DOE responses to the action item request. NRC published their consultation report, called the Technical Evaluation Report which is available on the NRC web page. That report is available on the NRC electronic reading room at http://www.nrc.gov with an ADAMS accession number of ML053010225

Several documents support the information in the waste determination and DOE has included links to those documents in order to assist the reader. For example, a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Record of Decision (ROD) was revised to reflect the Department’s decision to modify the treatment strategy for low-activity salt waste residuals. While the ROD is made available on a different DOE web page, we have provided the link to that web page in order to ease access to information that is related to this waste determination. DOE also made the draft waste determination available for public review and comment. Responses to public comments on the draft waste determination are provided. Finally, we have provided the salt waste disposal performance assessment, called the Performance Objective Demonstration Document (PODD) due to the helpful supporting information contained in that report. Follow the links, below, to access the documents supporting the waste determination, and the public comments received on the draft waste determination.

	Basis for Section 3116 Determination for Salt Waste Disposal at the Savannah River Site
	Section 3116 Waste Determinationfor Salt Disposal at the Savannah River Site, signed by Secretary of Energy, Samuel W. Bodman

NRC RAIs with the DOE responses:

	Final RAI Responses without 10 11 12 15 16 37 57
	Rev 1 RAI 10-12 15-16 37 57
	NRC Action Items information request with the DOE responses
	DOE Office of Environment, Safety, and Health NEPA ROD web page
	Response to Public Comments
	Salt Waste Performance Objective Demonstration Document (PODD)